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WATER HEATER FOR STEAM FIRE ENGINES. No. 270,647. Patented Jan16 .1883! Fig. 7.

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NlTED STATES WILLIAM V. ELLIOTT, OF

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W ATER-HEATER FOR STEAM FIRE-ENGINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,647, dated January 16,1853.

Application filed November 2, 1882.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM V. ELLIOTT, a citizenof the United States, residing at Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have 5 invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Heaters for Steam FireEngines, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved waterheater, and is here applied to the boiler of a steam fire-engine. The object of the invention is to provide improved means for keeping the water in boilers heated to a'certain degree below the point of making steam, so that when steam is desired it may, by starting a fire in the furnace, be speedily made.

The construction of the apparatus will first be described, and then designated in the claims.

. In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a side view of a boiler of a steam fire-engine showing the application of my improvement.

. Fig. .2 is a vertical section of the water-heater. Fig. 3 is a cross-section ofsame on the line mm, Fig. 2. v

The letter A designates an upright cylinder, and B a second and smaller cylinder within the first one, with a space, 0, between them. The upper ends of the two cylinders are joined, and the space closed by a collar and cap, a. In operation, the intervening space is filled with water. At or near the upper end a pipe, (I, is attached and connects with the said intervening space. This pipe is the outlet for the heated water. The lower ends, A and B, of the two cylinders are enlarged, the vertical part, A, constituting a case to inclosea number of small vertical fines, B the upper ends of which enter a head or sheet, 6, which closes the enlarged lower end, B. of the inner cylinder; and the lower end of these fines open through a head or sheet, 0', which covers the lower end of the outer case, A The head or sheet 6 sets up within the said lower end, and forms below a recess,f. Both ends of the small fines B are open.

. A burner, G, of any suitable form adapted for burning the vapor of gasoline, has position in the recess f. g designates the valve-handle 50 or stop-cock. The heated airand products of (No model.)

combustion pass up the small fiue's and into the inner cylinder, B, which itself is a flue. The draft of this fine is regulated by means of a damper, h, at the top. Instead ofa gasolinebnrner, this may beagas-burner having numer- 5'5 ousjets.

A supply-pipe, I, delivers the water to be heated into the case A where it surrounds the small fines, and is thereby heated, and from thence passes up into the intervening space 0, and finally out bythe pipe d, and empties into the boiler L.

A blow-off or cleansing pipe, 70, is provided on one side of the case A and is closed by a cook, it.

It will be understood this water-heater is attached to and has position at the side of the boiler, and draws its supply, which enters at the bottom, from the pipe I, which connects with the bottom of theboiler, while the heated water is discharged by outletpipe d, which connects with the top of the boiler. In this way a circulation of the water is maintained between the heater and boiler, and the water in the boiler is kept heated with but little ex pense, the cost being only that arising from the consumption of gasoline or gas. 1

A tank, N, is provided to contain a supply of gasoline, and a pipe, 19, leads from the tank to the burner Gr.

To better adapt this apparatus so that the burner may be removed from below the small fines of the heater, the end 17 of the pipe, to which the burner is attached is jointed at q to the, other part of the pipe. This joint may be a double joint or a universal joint, to permit of the burner being moved both up .and down and sidewise.

A lever, r, is pivoted at r, and is bent to permit one end, T to project upward. This 0 latter end is retained in a desired position by a clip, 8, on the fuel-box t, or a racked bar may serve to hold it in position. The end rot the lever serves to support the pivoted end of the burner-pipe. By this means, it will be seen, 5

the burner is maintained in position under the small fines at all times when there is no need for steam; and when the emergency arises which requires a speedy supply of steam the burner may at once be removed from below also to heat the water in tanks and reservoirs for other purposes.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. An upright cylinder, A, having its lower end covered by a head or sheet, a, a smaller cylinder, B, which serves asa smoke-flue within the first-named cylinder, and forms an intervening space, 0, between them, and has its lower end closed by a head or sheet, e, a number of vertical flues, B, whose ends connect respectively with and open through the said heads 6 and e, a supply-pipe, I, at the lower end, an outlet-pipe, d, at the upper end, and a vapor or gas burner, Gr, under thelower head or end, as set forth.

2. The combination of an upright waterheater provided with vertical flues, and a. vapor or gas burner attached to a jointed supplypipe, whereby the burner may be moved under or removed from below the heater, as setforth.

3. The combination, with the boiler of a steam fire-engine, of an upright water-heater provided with vertical fines, and a burner attached to ajointed supply-pipe, as set forth.

4. The combination of an upright waterheater provided with vertical fines, a. vapor or gas burner attached to a jointed supply pipe,

and a pivoted lever to support the burner end of the jointed supply-pipe, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM V. ELLIOTT.

Vitnesses:

S. S. WHEELER, J. R. MCNALLY. 

